After months of negotiations, the EU3+3 and Iran have signed a nuclear agreement. Jeffrey was so excited he got up at 3:30 in the morning California time to get a jump on reading the 159 page document. Meanwhile, Europe based Aaron read it over coffee at a cafe outside. All in all, the JCPOA looks …
Monitoring Provisions of the Iran Agreement
by | 2015-07-14 | 5 Comments
This assessment of the core monitoring provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is necessarily hurried and preliminary. I invite ACW readers to weigh in with their comments. The text of key provisions follows my first-cut assessment. The agreement’s provisions are extremely complex and detailed. Reading the fine print brings flashbacks of the most …
Visualizing the Iran Deal
by | 2015-07-14 | 6 Comments
I’ve got a new column up at Foreign Policy on the Iran deal. Sadly, while we made this nice graphic, we couldn’t use it. So, I am sharing it with you here, dear readers. I also think you should read Michael Krepon’s series on the deal: 1, 2.
Iran Deal: Reading The Fine Print
by | 2015-07-14 | 6 Comments
The text of the nuclear limitation agreement with Iran (AKA “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”) has been released and can be found here [link fixed]. Several key provisions are reprinted below. I’ll post key verification provisions separately, with my assessment of their utility.
